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TIL Mark Twain was one of the first American writers to document native islanders surfing in Polynesia. In his 1872 travelogue, “Roughing It”, Twain describes watching it, and even attempts it himself. But only once.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 4:22 am

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TIL that the way Jamaican’s speak is their native language. My entire life I thought Jamaicans had accents because it was their second language. Like how someone whose first language is Spanish, German, etc. and they speak English with an accent. I had no idea that is their actual language.

by whatilearned August 28, 2022, 4:31 pm

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TIL in Louisville, Ky., there is a growing population of freshwater jellyfish. The jellies are native to China and travel around the world, ending up in random and unpredictable locations

by whatilearned August 27, 2022, 3:58 am

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TIL that John Ratcliffe (the bad guy in Pocahontas) was actually for trading with Native American Indians and was disliked for doing this by his fellow colonists. He was eventually killed by Native Americans though by being skinned alive from the feet up by mussel shells

by whatilearned August 26, 2022, 11:05 am

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TIL Blonde hair in Melanesia is the only place on Earth outside of Europe where blonde hair is most prevalent, all people with blonde hair today descend from these primary native groups.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 1:28 pm

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TIL of the walking catfish, which is able to breathe air and use its pectoral fins to “walk” and move to different aquatic environments. Native to Southeast Asia, it became an invasive species in Florida during the 1960s and has been sighted in California, Connecticut, Georgia, and England.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 12:47 am

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TIL of the museum infested with the Chilean Recluse spider (Loxosceles laeta), widely considered to be the most venomous of its kind. The museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, is located in Helsinki & no one is sure how the spider, native to South & Central America, came into the museum.

by whatilearned August 17, 2022, 9:06 pm

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TIL the 1993 Chinese film, “An Old Man and his Dog” was banned in its native country for decades due to the discovery that the dog trainer and body double to the lead actor was a serial killer who fed his victims to dogs, including the ones onscreen.

by whatilearned August 10, 2022, 2:23 pm

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TIL that voodoo is an official religion in Benin. Considered black magic, this ancient cult is known for sacrifices and mystical rituals. In Benin, instead of school, children are sent to voodoo convents, where they’re deprived of their names and forbidden to speak their native languages.

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 11:14 pm

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TIL about Susan La Flesche Picotte was a Native American doctor and reformer in the late 19th century. She is widely acknowledged as one of the first Indigenous peoples, and the first Indigenous woman, to earn a medical degree

by whatilearned July 31, 2022, 6:23 am

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TIL that there have been many incidents where Kea, an alpine parrot native to New Zealand, drag traffic cones onto the middle of a street to stop traffic in order to try get food from the drivers.

by whatilearned July 30, 2022, 11:34 pm

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Non-English speakers of Reddit, if you could recommend ONE song in your native language, what song would it be?

by QuestionGuy July 28, 2022, 2:21 pm

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